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<title>Skype provides video messaging, Messenger migration dates</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/02/15/users.to.start.move.from.windows.live.messenger.april.8th/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1360954231_skypevideomessagingthumb.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Microsoft has updated Skype to allow video messages to be sent to users, in the US and the UK. The new addition to the VOIP-based service comes at the same time as a revised timetable for Microsoft's migration of users from Windows Live Messenger to Skype shows it will start restricting access to Messenger from April 8th, forcing users to change services....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 18:54:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Microsoft to retire Windows Live Messenger on March 15th</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/01/09/deadline.issued.for.user.migrations.to.skype.service/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1352717750_skypelogo.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Microsoft has announced the date when it will shut down Windows Live Messenger. Users of the messaging service will have until March 15th to migrate over to Skype before the servers are shut down for most of the world, with mainland China being the sole market left using the service due to Skype being run by a company called TOM....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2013 14:37:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Yahoo to drop public chat rooms from messaging tool</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/12/03/chat.rooms.pingbox.ms.messenger.all.get.the.axe/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1354579941_ScreenShot2012-12-03at5.11.14PM.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Yahoo announced last week that it would be shuttering a number of features in Yahoo Messenger and Yahoo Voice that the company feels "aren't adding enough value" for users. Chief among these will be the closing of the public chat rooms on Yahoo Messenger. Yahoo will also be shutting down Pingbox for Yahoo Messenger, ending Messenger's interoperability with Microsoft Windows Live Messenger, and clo...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2012 00:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Microsoft confirms switch from Messenger to Skype</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/11/06/microsoft.says.move.will.allow.broader.device.support/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1352236513_ScreenShot2012-11-06at4.14.33PM.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Microsoft today confirmed rumors it was preparing to retire its Windows Live Messenger service in favor of Skype. Starting early next year, Microsoft will begin migrating Windows Live Messenger users to Skype, which the software giant purchased last year for $8.5 billion. Microsoft says that the move will allow the software giant to provide broader device support on all platforms for instant messa...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2012 21:13:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Microsoft said to retire Windows Live Messenger, use Skype i</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/11/05/skype.rumored.to.replace.windows.live.messenger.service/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1351096381_skypev6in.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[When Microsoft purchased Skype, it may have had some key long-term plans in store. The latest rumors stemming from The Verge indicate the software giant's Windows Live Messenger client will be retired in the coming months and integrated into Skype instead. The news comes from several sources, though they are not being named....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2012 15:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Dozens of carriers vulnerable to smartphone security exploit</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/05/21/carrier.security.feature.opens.door.to.phishing/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1337624162_Carrier-Exploit-Teaser.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Smartphone users on at least 48 cellular carriers may be vulnerable to traffic hijacking and phishing attacks, according to researchers from the University of Michigan. A paper to be presented this week at the IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy alleges that researchers were able exploit a carrier security feature to hijack connections to Facebook, Twitter, Windows Live Messenger, and the AdMob...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 19:46:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Windows Live Messenger blocks links to The Pirate Bay</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/03/26/microsoft.blocks.ims.containing.pirate.bay.links/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1202/piratebayin.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Windows Live Messenger is now blocking links to The Pirate Bay, The Verge has learned. The move isn't relegated to links from the illegal sharing site, however, as Microsoft has gone on record to say its chat program blocks messages that contain malicious or spam URLs, third-party sources and user complaints. It's entirely based on intelligence algorithms....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 20:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Windows Live Messenger Wave 5 hints Skype-based video chat</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/08/08/unclear.how.soon.skype.will.actually.be.integrated/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1108/microsoft-wave-messenger-5-skype-icons-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[There are new indications that Microsoft will be providing video chat capabilities into its Wave 5 release of Messenger within Windows Live. Liveside.net has posted Skype-like video icon images for Wave 5 Messenger. It is still not clear to what extent Microsoft  will be able to incorporate video chat capabilities from Skype, which the company announced it was buying in May for $8.5 billion....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 22:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Microsoft eases using Windows Live services in Android, iOS</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/07/20/microsoft.dev.update.helps.live.in.android.ios/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1107/windowslive-mobileapi.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Microsoft on Wednesday outlined an updated developer platform that should help bring its services into third-party apps on smartphones, including those using its competitors' platforms.  Apps on Android, iOS, and Windows Phone 7 now just need a basic client link and to point the app to an OAuth 2 sign-in.  The link gives them access to information from Windows Live's core services, including Hotma...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 00:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Windows Phone 7 Mango shots show built-in IM, cloud Office</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/05/15/wp7.mango.to.get.multi.network.im.and.office.365/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1105/windowsphone7-mangochat.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Microsoft's upcoming Mango update for Windows Phone 7 had even more features unveiled Sunday through the latest episode of the Windows Phone Dev podcast.  The release is now due to have built-in instant messaging not just for Windows Live Messenger but AIM and Facebook as well.  Microsoft's system would be smart and weave into the people hub, automatically detecting whichever is the best network a...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 15 May 2011 21:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
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